As of today my Christmas shopping is officially done. My last stop was my local Barnes and Noble store, where I planned to pick up some small items to use as stocking stuffers.

As luck would have it, B&N displays those very same small items right next to their display of planners and calendars.

I truly had no intention when I entered the store of buying something for myself, but their selection of book-themed desk items were simply too cute to resist. (Confession: I really didn’t make much of an effort to resist.)

I picked up this planner by Orange Circle Studio. Inside are monthly spreads for seventeen months (ending December 2024). That’s plenty of time for me to plan out my projects and memorialize my future deadlines.

The matching desk blotter/wall calendar is large (18-1/2” wide by 13-1/2” tall) with ample room to make daily notes or track my word counts.

And the design of this mouse pad by Kate Spade coordinates perfectly with the calendars.

These three pieces just gave my work space a bit of a refresh and made me a bit happier to sit down at my desk and get some work done.

Tonight, after I’ve shut down my computer and turned off the office lights, I’ll wrap those last stocking-stuffers, and place them in the stockings I’ve hung. And with that, I’ll be officially ready for Christmas 2023!

How are your holiday preparations going?

BTW, you can click on any of the images above to find out more about these items. I am not an affiliate of Barnes and Noble, nor do I receive compensation from them. I just like to share fun things I find that others might like, too.